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Politics & Government

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GOP state Rep. Walt Blackman stares down fellow Republican Alexander Kolodin.

Lawmaker rips fellow Republican who voted no on stolen valor bill

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 9, 2025

State Rep. Alexander Kolodin cast the only vote against making fake military service claims a crime. It earned him a lecture.

analise ortiz speaks at an outdoor press conference

Arizona Democrats walk out of speech by Trump’s ‘asshole’ border czar

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 8, 2025

Republicans invited Tom Homan, who has led Trump’s mass deportation efforts, to address the Arizona Legislature on Tuesday.

Ruben Gallego

Gallego roasts Homeland Security secretary for assault rifle cosplay

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 8, 2025

Kristi Noem tried to look tough while making a video in Arizona. Instead, she looked like she looked unfit to hold a firearm.

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wendy rogers poses with a watch and gold sneakers

Wendy Rogers really wants Trump to know she likes giving him money

By Morgan FischerApril 8, 2025

Notorious state Sen. Wendy Rogers posted a video bragging about her gold Trump sneakers and her expensive Trump watch.

Thousands protest Trump and Musk at the Arizona Capitol: 38 photos

By Grace MonosApril 5, 2025

The latest demonstration organized by the 50501 movement drew quite the crowd, and several stand-out protest signs.

a person speaks into a megaphone at a protest

Phoenix’s ‘Hands Off’ protest at the Capitol: What to know

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 4, 2025

The latest large-scale protest against Donald Trump and Elon Musk organized by the 50501 movement is set for April 5.

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‘Will not be erased’: Rainbows Festival holds firm amid Trump’s assault

By Morgan FischerApril 3, 2025

Phoenix Pride’s spring festival is among Arizona’s biggest parties. This year, it’s also a bulwark against a hostile president.

A "Welcome to Arizona" sign on the highway

5 Arizona counties where retirement costs have increased the most

By Morgan FischerApril 2, 2025

Arizona is less and less the affordable retirement paradise it used to be.

A phone screen with several icons for social media apps like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and X.

8 social media accounts to follow for Arizona politics junkies

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 2, 2025

Like Arizona politics, social media’s an addictive hellscape. If you’re stuck in it, might as well laugh and learn something.

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rodney glassman at a press conference

Glassman, vets slam ‘coward’ lawmaker for blocking Stolen Valor bill

By TJ L'HeureuxApril 1, 2025

Rodney Glassman tore into Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, his likely primary opponent for attorney general.

Arizona State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, R-Scottsdale.

GOP lawmaker makes up endorsement to tout run for Secretary of State

By TJ L'HeureuxMarch 31, 2025

State Rep. Alexander Kolodin says Arizona GOP chair Gina Swoboda asked him to run. She says she might run against him.

Trump admin removes report on missing and murdered Indigenous people

By Chelsea Curtis | AZ LuminariaMarch 28, 2025

Donald Trump’s war against DEI seems to have ensnared a landmark report created as a result of a bill he signed into law.

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a memorial with candles and balloons and flowers and a picture of a teenage Native American girl

Arizona ranks 3rd for missing Indigenous people. A new bill may help

By Brandelyn Clark | Cronkite NewsMarch 27, 2025

Lawmakers want a missing Indigenous person alert system. No alert was issued for Emily Pike, whose body was found last month.

wendy rogers in 2022

‘You failed’: GOP lawmaker blasts MAGA state Sen. Wendy Rogers

By Morgan FischerMarch 27, 2025

Walt Blackman is pushing a bill to criminalize faking military service. Rogers is singlehandedly holding it up.

abe hamadeh and brett favre

Hamadeh pairs with disgraced quarterback Brett Favre on health program

By Morgan FischerMarch 24, 2025

If rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is the goal, teaming up with a guy implicated in a huge fraud scandal is an odd choice.

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a screenshot from a 2016 teenage mutant ninja turtles movie

Tax Break Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Goldwater Institute’s hypocrisy

By Stephen LemonsMarch 24, 2025

The think tank hates Arizona’s film tax credit. But its board chairman’s Ninja Turtles flick got a huge tax break.

bernie sanders

12 photos from the Bernie Sanders-AOC rally in Tempe

By Grace MonosMarch 20, 2025

Mullett Arena was packed to see the Vermont senator and New York representative.

alexandria ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders hold hands high in the air in front of a U.S. flag and Arizona flag at a rally

5 moments you missed from the Bernie Sanders-AOC rally in Tempe

By Morgan FischerMarch 20, 2025

Thousands came to Tempe to see Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rail against the rich and Donald Trump.

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ruben gallego wears an incredulous facial expression while kari lake speaks to a camera

Report: Kari Lake accosted Ruben Gallego at D.C. club over ‘cartel’ ties

By TJ L'HeureuxMarch 20, 2025

Sen. Ruben Gallego said Kari Lake confronted him near an elevator, shaking his hand and asking how he sleeps at night.

bernie sanders at a rally

Bernie Sanders and AOC will hold a rally in Tempe: What to know

By Morgan FischerMarch 20, 2025

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders’ “Fighting Oligarchy” tour on Thursday.

andy biggs

A GOP congressman will speak at a town hall – for Republicans only

By TJ L'HeureuxMarch 18, 2025

Rep. Andy Biggs is set to appear at a town hall in Chandler on Tuesday night. But is it a town hall if the town can’t come?

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eli crane speaks at a podium in front of a "navajo code talkers day" banner

Trump deleted Navajo Code Talkers webpages. Why is Eli Crane silent?

By TJ L'HeureuxMarch 18, 2025

A vet whose district includes the Navajo Nation, Crane praised the code talkers last year. Now, they’re apparently too “DEI.”

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